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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple FTP site opens
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Date: 19 Jul 89 02:15:24 GMT
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>Again, I'm sorry if this is going to cause repitition, but what is FTP.  I'm
>on bitnet, and I haven't heard of it over on this net.

'ftp' = file transfer protocol (a feature of TCP/IP).  BITNET is RSCS
and doesn't have 'ftp' :-(  (UUCP is even worse).

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